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Mesoscale Discussion 215

April 7, 20154 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 7, 2015, 10:51 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 7, 2015, 10:51 AM CDT (15:51 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2015, 11:45 AM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 24 counties

Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Washington County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Posey County, IN, Union County, KY, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Perry County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 28Apr 7, 1:40 PM CDT

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 264 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 134 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -199 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 443 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 7, 8:17 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bond, Clinton, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson and 11 more	88 min
Apr 7, 8:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Clinton, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Madison and 7 more	7 hr
Apr 7, 1:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 7 more	61 min
Apr 7, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 10 more	5 hr
Apr 7, 2:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 14 more	97 min
Apr 7, 3:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Boyle, Bullitt, Edmonson, Franklin, Grayson and 13 more	86 min
Apr 7, 5:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bath, Bourbon, Boyle, Breathitt, Carter, Casey and 35 more	56 min
Apr 7, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bath, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Floyd and 17 more	2 hr
Apr 7, 3:51 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Audrain, Boone, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Daviess and 9 more	54 min
Apr 7, 5:03 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barton, Bates, Cass, Cedar, Dade, Greene and 9 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2015 Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.